«Let justice be done, though the world perish.»—Historical Habsburg Motto

«Misdirection. False signals. Spreading confusion. This is the Tao of deception.»—David Ignatius

More than half of all U.S. presidents have Irish ancestry, while only three of the 45 presidents to date have or had German roots. These three, whose ancestors all came from the Electoral Palatinate, one of the main sources of German emigration to the U.S., had little to no close connection with their ancestral homeland.

Herbert James Draper (1864–1920) was an English artist renowned for his works in the Pre-Raphaelite style, blending mythological themes with highly detailed, emotive depictions of the human figure. One of his most celebrated works, The Gates of Dawn (1900), exemplifies his characteristic luminous and ethereal quality.

Some leftist factions have adopted the adage «the enemy of my enemy is my friend,» even when it leads them to align with groups like Hamas or Hezbollah—organizations whose principles sharply contradict the left’s professed commitment to secularism and gender equality. The relationship between leftists and Islamist movements is rooted in a complex interplay of historical events and ideological shifts.